Archive for September, 2011

Thank you for waiting out my elbow surgery. I’m back – even with a right arm I cannot use for five weeks. Okay, read below, share with your walk friends and please, add your walk story to the comments section. I love hearing them! Our JDRF chapter’s annual Walk to Cure Diabetes is coming up […]

I’m really hoping to get some comments going on this one. We moms could use the insight of you kids with diabetes, and the insight of other moms. Go for it! Being a mom is hard work. As Joan in “Mr. Mom” so deftly put it: “It might even be the toughest job in […]

A long time ago, I started to notice a funny coincidence. I am lucky enough to have been one of the founding members of the JDRF’s On Line Diabetes Support Team (under the helm of creators Renee, Ardy and Steve). As part of that team, I answer questions people post to the JDRF site; the […]

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I love that Timehop showed me this post today. Because … it is still so true. Lauren is now a college graduate working in health care advocacy lobbying on Capitol Hill. She has a great life and is so happy and healthy. And it matters — in that order – still. Read on: […]

“Say it out loud or write it down. It’s the first step toward making it real.” I don’t remember who the person was who said that to me when I was a kid, but it stuck. I’ve used that advice so many times in my life. Like saying this: “I want to be an editor […]

It was “parents watch day” at my youngest daughter’s dance school and everyone was excited. Every other dance class week, parents drop their kids off and do errands or wait for the hour in the small waiting room; no peek into what was going on inside. But this was the week before the holiday break […]